Who Is Waterkeeper?
Who is Waterkeeper: Alberto Guillén, La Paz Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The Bay of La Paz in Baja California, Mexico is a stunningly biodiverse body of water situated within the Gulf of California at the southern end of the...
Who is Waterkeeper: Jefferson Currie II, Lumber Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Jeff Currie had only been on the job as Lumber Riverkeeper for a few weeks in 2018 when Hurricane Florence came barreling through North Carolina. The devastating...
Who is Waterkeeper: Guy Alsentzer, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
There’s an old expression in Montana: “Whiskey’s for drinking, and water’s for fighting.” Leading that fight as Upper Missouri Waterkeeper is...
Who is Waterkeeper: Ivy Frignoca, Casco Baykeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
When the Casco Baykeeper position opened up six years ago, Ivy Frignoca jumped at the opportunity. Frignoca is a lawyer and environmental advocate, whose...
Who is Waterkeeper: John Forrester, Werribee Riverkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
John Forrester has been the Werribee Riverkeeper in Australia since 2014. His love of the river, however, goes back much further than that. Forrester has...
Who is Waterkeeper: Sonal Bhushan, East Kali River Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
The East Kali River in India runs for 300 miles, through eight districts of Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state located in the northern end of...
Who is Waterkeeper: Sandy Bihn, Lake Erie Waterkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Sandy Bihn has been Lake Erie Waterkeeper since 2004, though she says she has had an inherent love of water her entire life, something that has always...
Who is Waterkeeper: Kathy Phillips, Assateague Coastkeeper
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Kathy Phillips has been the Assateague Coastkeeper in the coastal watersheds of Maryland and Virginia’s Coastal Bays watershed for going on 14 years....